Maiden Stone Symbol Stone,

Maiden Stone, Scotland, Symbol Stone, NJ703247

Pictish cross slab from about the ninth century AD. You can still make out the ring-headed cross on the pink granite stone. Despite the hardness of the granite, this has not weathered well.
The name of the stone comes from the local legend of the maiden of Drumdurno, who bet with an unknown man that she could bake a firlot of meal before he could build a road to the top of Benachie.
As is often the case in legend, the stranger was the Devil, who finished his road in time for the bread. The maiden fled and prayed to God just as the Devil caught her. She was turned to stone, and the triangular chunk taken out of the stone is where the Devil had laid his hand on her shoulder.
(ref Historic Scotland board at site)